# HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
> MSHA accident `220160050020` · 12/28/2015 · R J Grondin & Sons
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
- **Classification:** HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
- **Accident type:** Struck by... NEC
- **Occupation:** Mine manager, Mine foreman, Mine owner
- **Activity:** Hand tools (not powered)
- **Injury source:** AXE,HAMMER,SLEDGE
- **Nature of injury:** CONTUSN,BRUISE,INTAC SKIN
- **Body part:** LOWER LEG/TIBIA/FIBULA
- **Days lost:** 0
- **Mine experience:** 35 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Philip H Grondin Jr; Lawrence  Grondin
- **Operator:** R J Grondin & Sons
- **Mine:** [1700736](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/1700736)
## Narrative

Employee was swinging a sledge hammer to free a steel component.  As the hammer made the upswing it hit a piece of steel causing the hammer to deflect as it traveled back to the ground.  The employee was struck by the handle of the sledge hammer in his shin.  The result was a bruise that became infected over the weekend.

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*Source: [MSHA Open Government Data](https://arlweb.msha.gov/OpenGovernmentData/) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*